Beghou Consulting recently opened an office in Pune, India, to expand its global advanced analytics and data science team. Beghou’s Pune-based team will collaborate with U.S.-based colleagues to help life sciences companies improve commercial effectiveness. “We have assembled a team of highly skilled and experienced advanced analytics and commercial operations practitioners in Pune,” said Dan Wetherill, partner…
Hyundai Motor India announced the appointment of Unsoo Kim as Managing Director of the company. He will succeed Seon Seob Kim, who will now lead a global role at Hyundai Motor Company Head Quarters, Seoul after his successful stint of three years in India. The changes are effective from Jan 01, 2022.
HLE Glascoat Limited (HLE), a manufacturer of process equipment for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, announced that it has successfully completed the transaction to acquire the global business of Thaletec GmbH (Thaletec), along with its wholly owned subsidiary Thaletec Inc., USA, after receiving all necessary regulatory approvals. Pursuant to the acquisition, Thaletec is now a…
Health tech platform Twin Health has announced the appointment of Prabh Singh as the CEO for its India operations. Prabh is currently serving as EVP and Head of Subscriptions at the Disney-owned video streaming service Hotstar and will take over his new position at Twin Health in January 2022. Founded in 2018, Twin Health recently…
Accenture has acquired Zestgroup, a services firm specializing in energy transitions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Zestgroup brings deep industry knowledge, project expertise and market regulation experience into helping organizations move to net-zero. These capabilities enhance Accenture’s ability to build more trusted, circular and net-zero value chains while driving social and economic benefits for all stakeholders. “By combining years…
HungryPanda announced a $130 million in Series D funding round to strengthen its position as the leading specialist online food delivery platform serving Asian restaurants and populations overseas. The London headquartered company has now raised $220 million over the last three years to establish itself as the category leader globally. Perwyn, the family-backed private equity and growth capital investor led the…
Acceldata, a data observability platform, announced the appointment of Gajanana Hegde as Vice President & Head of Global Engineering. In this new role, Gajanana will lead and oversee Acceldata’s global research and development teams while actively contributing to its growth journey across international markets. To this new role at Acceldata, Gajanana adds more than 31 years of…
Dialpad Inc., the industry leader in AI-powered cloud communications and collaboration, announced $170 million in funding. To date, Dialpad has raised $418 million in capital. The amount raised and valuation of $2.2 billion reflects the increasing importance of a truly unified approach to business communications, the statement said. ICONIQ Capital leads the funding round which…
CollegeDekho, a college admissions and higher education services platform, announced it has recently forayed into the Ed-FinTech vertical. The foray into a new vertical makes CollegeDekho India’s first and only EdTech company offering end-to-end financial solutions at zero percent EMI for students studying either within India or abroad. This is a single digital journey for students…
HCL Technologies (HCL), a global technology company, has been named a Titanium level partner by the Intel Network Builders Winner’s Circle ecosystem program. The Intel Network Builders Winners’ Circle program engages ecosystem partners to further align the industry to accelerate network innovation. Through continuous collaboration with partners, the program promotes solutions across the network space.…
CarTrade Tech Ltd announced its plans to deploy up to USD 100 mn (INR 750 crores) to strategically acquire and invest into companies in the automotive space. The group wants to strengthen its position as a leading automotive platform in India by acquiring and investing in companies which will help it to either enter a…
Content-sharing platform ShareChat said it had raised $266 million in fresh funding from U.S.-based Alkeon Capital and some existing investors, pushing its valuation to $3.7 billion, according to Reuters report. The new investments, part of ShareChat’s third funding round this year, was led by Alkeon and saw participation from Singapore’s Temasek Holdings and Moore Strategic…
Personal care products manufacturer Vedic Cosmeceuticals announced it has raised Rs 25 crore as Series A round of capital from Sixth Sense Ventures, according to ET report. “Vedic Cosmeceuticals has grown steadily in the last few years, with accelerated growth since 2017. With a plethora of beauty and skin care options available in the market,…
SeQuent Scientific Limited (SeQuent), having businesses in animal health sector through its principal operating company “Alivira Animal Health Ltd.”, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% stake in Nourrie Saúde e Nutrição Animal Ltda (Nourrie) in Brazil. In line with its stated strategy for Sequent 2.0, this acquisition marks Alivira’s foray into…
Accenture has announced its intent to acquire AFD.TECH, an independent network services company specializing in network engineering, operations and business services. Financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed. This acquisition would add more than 1,600 highly skilled professionals to Accenture globally, along with multidisciplinary capabilities across engineering, design, deployment, and operation of next generation networks,…